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2015–16 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Rankings
Two human polls make up the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Notable events Duke dropped out of the top 25 in the AP Poll released 18 January 2016. They had been in the top 25 for the prior 312 consecutive weeks, starting with 29 November 1999 (17 seasons). The 312 week run is the third longest streak in history. Legend AP Poll This poll is compiled by sportswriters across the nation. In Division I men's and women's college basketball, the AP Poll is largely just a tool to compare schools throughout the season and spark debate, as it has no bearing on postseason play. Sources: This marks the 40th year of the AP poll which was started in November 1976. Tennessee was not in the initial poll but made the final season poll in the first year and every subsequent year until this year. Texas now has 500 appearances in the poll, joining Tennessee and Georgia with this distin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AP Poll
The Associated Press poll (AP poll) provides weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling 62 sportswriters and broadcasters from across the nation. Each voter provides their own ranking of the top 25 teams, and the individual rankings are then combined to produce the national ranking by giving a team 25 points for a first place vote, 24 for a second place vote, and so on down to 1 point for a twenty-fifth place vote. Ballots of the voting members in the AP poll are made public. College football The football poll is released Sundays at 2 pm Eastern time during the season, unless ranked teams have not finished their games. History The AP college football poll's origins go back to the 1930s. The news media began running their own polls of sports writers to determine, by popular opinion, the best college football teams in the country. One of the earliest su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 Stanford Cardinal Women's Basketball Team
The 2015–16 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team will represent Stanford University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal, led by thirtieth year head coach Tara VanDerveer, played their home games at the Maples Pavilion and were a members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 27–8, 14–4 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of Pac-12 women's tournament to Washington. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated San Francisco and South Dakota State in the first and second rounds, Notre Dame in the sweet sixteen before losing to Pac-12 member Washington in the elite eight. Roster Schedule , - !colspan=9 style="background:#8C1515; color:white;", Exhibition , - !colspan=9 style="background:#8C1515; color:white;", Non-conference regular season , - !colspan=9 style="background:#8C1515; color:white;", Pac-12 r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 DePaul Blue Demons Women's Basketball Team
The 2015–16 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team will represent DePaul University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Demons, led by thirtieth year head coach Doug Bruno, play their home games at the McGrath-Phillips Arena. They were members of the new Big East Conference. They finished the season 27–9, 16–2 in Big East play to win the Big East regular season title. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big East women's tournament where they lost to St. John's. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament where they defeated James Madison in the first round, Louisville in the second round before losing to Oregon State in the sweet sixteen. Previous season The Blue Devils finished the 2014–15 season 27–8, 15–3 in Big East play to share the regular season title with Seton Hall. They also won the Big East tournament to earn an automatic trip to the 2015 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournamen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 Seton Hall Pirates Women's Basketball Team
The 2015–16 Seton Hall Pirates women's basketball team represent Seton Hall University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pirates, led by third head coach Anthony Bozzella, play their home games in Newark, New Jersey at the Walsh Gymnasium and are members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 23–9, 12–6 in Big East play to finish in a tie for second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big East women's tournament where they lost to Creighton. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA women's basketball tournament where they lost to Duquesne in the first round. Roster Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings Schedule , - !colspan=9 style="background:#0000FF; color:#D3D3D3;", Exhibition , - !colspan=9 style="background:#0000FF; color:#D3D3D3;", Non-conference regular season , - !colspan=9 style="background:#0000FF; color:#D3D3D3;", Big East regular seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 Iowa Hawkeyes Women's Basketball Team
The 2015–16 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team will represent University of Iowa during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, led by sixteenth year head coach Lisa Bluder, play their home games at the Carver–Hawkeye Arena and were a members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 19–14, 8–10 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten women's tournament where they lost to Maryland. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Ball State in the first round. Roster Schedule , - ! colspan="9" style="background:#000; color:#fc0;", Exhibition , - ! colspan="9" style="background:#000; color:#fc0;", Non-conference regular season , - ! colspan="9" style="background:#000; color:#fc0;", Big Ten regular season , - ! colspan="9" style="background:#000; color:#fc0;", , - ! colspan="9" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 California Golden Bears Women's Basketball Team
The 2015–16 California Golden Bears women's basketball team will represent University of California, Berkeley during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears, led by fifth year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, play their home games at the Haas Pavilion and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 15–17, 4–14 in Pac-12 play to finish in tenth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 women's basketball tournament where they lost to UCLA. They missed the postseason for the first time since 2005. Roster Schedule , - !colspan=9 style="background:#010066; color:#FFCC33;", Exhibition , - !colspan=9 style="background:#010066; color:#FFCC33;", Non-Conference Regular Season , - !colspan=9 style="background:#010066; color:#FFCC33;", Pac-12 Regular Season , - !colspan=9 style="background:#010066; color:#FFCC33;", Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 Michigan State Spartans Women's Basketball Team
The 2015–16 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team will represent Michigan State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by ninth year head coach Suzy Merchant, play their home games at the Breslin Center and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished with a record of 25–9, 13–5 in Big Ten play to finish in third place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big Ten women's tournament where they lost to Maryland. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Belmont in the first round before losing to Mississippi State in the second round. Roster Schedule , - !colspan=9 style="background:#18453b; color:#FFFFFF;", Exhibition , - !colspan=9 style="background:#18453b; color:#FFFFFF;", Non-conference regular season , - !colspan=9 style="background:#18453b; color:#FFFFFF;", Big Ten regular season , - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 Syracuse Orange Women's Basketball Team
The 2015–16 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team represents Syracuse University during the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Orange, led by ninth year head coach Quentin Hillsman. The Orange were third year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and play their home games at the Carrier Dome. Syracuse finished its regular season with a 23-6 overall record, matching the program record for most regular season wins. The Orange earned their highest finish as a member of the ACC, with a school-record 13 conference victories, and earned a third-seed spot and first-round bye in the conference tournament. Syracuse also received an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament, and advanced to the program's first-ever championship game, before losing 82–51 to Connecticut. Previous season The Orange finished the 2014–15 season 22–10, 11–5 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the second round of the ACC women's tournament to Wake Forest. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 North Carolina Tar Heels Women's Basketball Team
The 2015–16 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team will represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tar Heels, led by thirtieth year head coach Sylvia Hatchell, play their games at Carmichael Arena and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 14–18, 4–12 in ACC play to finish in a tie for twelfth place. They lost in the first round of the ACC women's tournament to Pittsburgh. Roster Schedule , - !colspan=9 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;", Exhibition , - !colspan=9 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;", Non-conference regular season , - !colspan=9 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;", ACC regular season , - !colspan=9 style="background:#56A0D3;", Source Rankings See also 2015–16 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team The 2015–16 North Carolina Tar Heels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 George Washington Colonials Women's Basketball Team
The 2015–16 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team will represent George Washington University during the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Colonials, led by fourth year head coach Jonathan Tsipis. The Colonials were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the Charles E. Smith Center. They finished the season 26–7, 13–3 in A-10 play to share the A-10 regular season title with Duquesne and Saint Louis. They won the A-10 tournament by defeating Duquesne and received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they lost to Kansas State in the first round. On March 28, it was announced that Jonathan Tsipis resigned from George Washington to accept the head coaching job at Wisconsin. He finished with a 4-year record of 92–38. 2015–16 media George Washington Colonials Sports Network WRGW will carry the Colonials games and broadcast them online at GWRadio.com. The A-10 Digital Network will carry all non-televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 South Florida Bulls Women's Basketball Team
The 2015–16 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team represented the University of South Florida in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Bulls, coached by Jose Fernandez in his sixteenth season, played their home games at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. This was USF's third season as a member of the American Athletic Conference, known as The American or AAC. They finished the season 24–10, 14–4 in AAC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the American Athletic Conference women's tournament for the second year in a row, where they lost to Connecticut again. They received at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Colorado State in the first round before losing to UCLA in the second round. Media All Bulls games will air oBullscast Radioor CBS 1010 AM. Conference home games will rotate between ESPN3AAC Digital and Bullscast. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |